We hope these tips help you maintain your polishing pads and achieve the best results in your detailing projects. Let us know your favorite cleaning techniques in the comments!
Hello Sniper, best to keep this pad same as for waxing/sealing in the closed bag to not let it dry. No needed to spend time and clean oily residues from pad. If you really need it, use hot water with high alkaline cleaner, f.e. Koch VBo or other product with high pH.
For UNO Advanced, UNO Protect, and any other products with protection, it’s important to soak pads and towels in a dedicated bucket of water right after use, separate from other polishing and compound towels. Please wash these pads and towels separately as well.
I find blowing out my pad with a Tornador after every section helps lengthen the life cos the pad is always cooled off before the heat damages the adhesives that keeps the pad together
Using a vacuum can help reduce compound dust while using a blow gun; however, we recommend using a blow gun or a claw pad tool as the primary method for cleaning residue off the pads, as we believe it’s more effective. Thanks for your question!
We don’t have a specific brand or type of air compressor to recommend, but the more often you clean the pad with compressed air, the better it will perform. A more powerful air compressor will also do a better job of cleaning the pad. We hope that helps! Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!
Probably not, from my experience. I picked up a 20 gallon compressor years ago at Harbor Freight for less than 200 dollars. It's still going strong, and it has enough capacity to run most air tools as long as you don't need to run them a long time. FWIW, I like to use a brush on my Mille pads and then go over them with an air nozzle. They also make pad cleaning sprays that work great when you don't have enough pads to run a washing machine load.
If you dampen the pad before small amount of product is applied and clean the pad in slightly soapy water and spin out on your machine after every panel you will only need one pad to do the whole vehicle. I know this goes against sales of pads and product but better to be honest with customers
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We hope these tips help you maintain your polishing pads and achieve the best results in your detailing projects. Let us know your favorite cleaning techniques in the comments!
Thanks for the tips great video !
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what about cleaning up after using UNO advanced
Hello Sniper, best to keep this pad same as for waxing/sealing in the closed bag to not let it dry. No needed to spend time and clean oily residues from pad. If you really need it, use hot water with high alkaline cleaner, f.e. Koch VBo or other product with high pH.
For UNO Advanced, UNO Protect, and any other products with protection, it’s important to soak pads and towels in a dedicated bucket of water right after use, separate from other polishing and compound towels. Please wash these pads and towels separately as well.
Why not alcohol, the same thing that removes oils and coatings off the paint? Soaps don't dissolve polish or compounds.
I find blowing out my pad with a Tornador after every section helps lengthen the life cos the pad is always cooled off before the heat damages the adhesives that keeps the pad together
Do you sell a fragrence free/die free detergent to deep clean the pads after use, or do you recommend one? Thanks
I've been using a shop vac with a crevice tool and the Rupes pad tool also after each section. Is a vacuum recommended?
Using a vacuum can help reduce compound dust while using a blow gun; however, we recommend using a blow gun or a claw pad tool as the primary method for cleaning residue off the pads, as we believe it’s more effective. Thanks for your question!
A short term soak is ok but dont leave foams in a bucket or tub of water for hours or all day, it softens the foam.
can I mix microfiber towels and pads?
Dont, the microfiber will attract the oils and polish.
Is 3 gallon pancake air compressor enough to do the job?
We don’t have a specific brand or type of air compressor to recommend, but the more often you clean the pad with compressed air, the better it will perform. A more powerful air compressor will also do a better job of cleaning the pad. We hope that helps! Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!
Probably not, from my experience. I picked up a 20 gallon compressor years ago at Harbor Freight for less than 200 dollars. It's still going strong, and it has enough capacity to run most air tools as long as you don't need to run them a long time. FWIW, I like to use a brush on my Mille pads and then go over them with an air nozzle. They also make pad cleaning sprays that work great when you don't have enough pads to run a washing machine load.
If you dampen the pad before small amount of product is applied and clean the pad in slightly soapy water and spin out on your machine after every panel you will only need one pad to do the whole vehicle. I know this goes against sales of pads and product but better to be honest with customers
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